Kay Hagan's canned response on PIPA:
I am a cosponsor of this bill and support the goals of this legislation. I am concerned about unscrupulous individuals engaging in the online theft of intellectual property, and believe that this bill represents a step in the right direction to combat this issue. I will keep your thoughts on this legislation in mind as it is further considered in the United States Senate.
She can't keep your thoughts in mind unless you share them with her, so this might be a good time to politely express yourselves to the Senator. There's plenty of common ground when it comes to opposing unscrupulous people stealing stuff, it's the how of this bill that needs some fixing.
Deja vu from 2002:
"The worst thing about the bill is that it entitles copyright owners to ignore any law, so long as they stay within the (murky) bounds of the statute. ... Copyright owners are saying that, unlike the rest of us, they should be above the law. This is a power that we as a society don't give to anyone, even to the FBI."
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